Chapter 87 (1/2)

Still sort of alive and back with another chapter.

Playing some games and such in my free time lately so yeah, I’ve been slacking on the translations, but that’s nothing new right?

Next chapter…whenever I fill up my motivation gauge.

Enjoy the chapter.

Our opponent for the semifinal match, Licht, was standing before us with his back straightened.

He had a handsome face like that of an idol and he had his mouth tightly shut, he gave a different impression compared to how the BBS portrayed him.

His hair was fairly long for a guy and even his blue hair would feel out of place in real life, however, it still suited him.

Nevertheless, he hasn’t been moving at all for quite a while…this person, don’t tell me that…

「Just how long are you going to stay nervous for! You little!」

「「!?」」 (Hind and Yumir)

Out of nowhere, Rose, the maiden next to him kicked him in the buttocks with all her might.

「It hurts!! Why are you kicking me, Rose!?」 (Licht)

「Shut up! Because you don’t get your act together, I’m getting mocked too because I’m next to you!」 (Rose)

「Eh, is that true?」 (Licht)

「Yeah it is! You are so thickheaded!」 (Rose)

Ignoring us, or rather, they were having this kind of exchange ignoring their surroundings making us feel quite bewildered.

I wonder if this was done to relieve the guy from his nervousness, while it looked like they were having a fight on the surface, in fact, for some reason I could only see it as them flirting in public.

「Say, Hind.

「For some reason, I’m getting filled with these emotions of wanting to cut them right now without having to wait for the signal for the match to start.」 (Yumir)

「What a coincidence, I’m feeling the same thing.

「However, shall we wait for a bit longer? We wouldn’t be able to show our faces if we were to be disqualified because of that.」 (Hind)

We looked over their noisy conversation while our mood turned sour.

Only the Emperor, whose eyes were always filled with enthusiasm, was waiting for the time to pass as fast as possible.

What are we going to do about this? With this cold atmosphere filling the venue…well, even like this, the girls in the guest seats are still cheering for Licht though.

Having finally resolved their dispute, Licht awkwardly shifted his gaze towards us.

「–Ah, you are done? We have been ready for a while now.」 (Hind)

「M-My apologies, it seems like we have made you wait…your Highness, we are done.」 (Licht)

He seemed earnest and it didn’t look like he meant any ill will.

The Emperor nodded and coughed loudly to set order in the venue.

『In that case, second match of the semifinals, Licht and Rose vs Yumir and Hind…begin!!』 (Emperor)

For us, when we are against two vanguards, the important factor is for us to not get too far away from each other.

Even though Yumir’s reflexes are good, it’s impossible for her to keep stopping two opponents at the same time in a match.

There might have been opponents whose blood rose to their head and aimed exclusively at Yumir, but we shouldn’t hope for that kind of thing having reached the semifinals.

「Seyah!」

Yumir kept them in check by swinging down her longsword.

I stood right behind her charging up my MP.

Both of them had a small shield and their swords didn’t seem that long either, Yumir was going around taking advantage of the reach of her weapon.

「Hyeh!? This intimidating aura is not something you’d think it’s coming from a fellow knight!」 (Rose)

「Rose, on your right!」 (Licht)

「Deeeeeeeeeih!」 (Yumir)

「!!」 (Rose)

While sticking close to her, Yumir wildly lunged towards Rose.

Being unable to block the shock from the impact with her small shield, Rose fell on her back while taking some damage.

Against Licht, who came to support her, Yumir kept that vigour up and released a fierce attack on him too.

Ooh, this is incredible…Yumir’s movements have visibly sharpened since our first match.

If it keeps going like this, I probably won’t receive any attacks for a while.

I’d like to replenish plenty of MP during this time frame.

「Licht!」 (Rose)

「Nuh! You little!」 (Yumir)

Having gotten back up, Rose counterattacked Yumir with her rapier.

Because the distance between them had shortened, Yumir was unable to make use of her advantage in range.

Adding to that, Rose’s attacks were fairly fast, the rhythm that Yumir had built up until now crumbled.

Then, having fixed his stance, Licht paired up with Rose in a pincer attack.

I stopped charging my MP for a moment and stepped forward while ascertaining the proper timing.

「Yumir, retreat for the time being!」 (Hind)

Like that, I stopped Licht’s sword with my staff.

I repelled the sword with all my might and during that brief time, I took some distance along with Yumir…

「Is what we’ll make you think, take thiiiiss!!」 (Yumir)

「Alright, take him out!!」 (Hind)

Immediately after acting as if we were retreating, we turned around and attacked Licht.

I thought it would have been a direct hit due to him having let his guard down because of our words but…

「You guys play so dirty!」 (Rose)

「「Tsk！」」 (Yumir and Hind)

But Rose was already there blocking, after seeing that, we took some distance for real this time.

Even if you deceive the pure Licht, it doesn’t seem to work against her.

「My bad, Rose! You saved me!」 (Licht)

「I-It’s not like I…」 (Rose)